NLC’s deduction of workers’ salary in C-River fraudulent —NUT Chairman
There is tension in Labour in Cross River State following the face-off between the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and three of its affiliates over their suspension by the labour body for refusing to accept the deduction of salaries of their members for the building of a Workers’ House in the state.
I collected undisclosed money from Jonathan for unnamed job, Metuh
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- NATIONAL Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, admitted Tuesday that he collected some money from former President Goodluck Jonathan to handle a job, just as he did not mention the nature of job that was given to him and how much was involved. Addressing Journalists yesterday, Metuh […]
LG POLLS: Be of good conduct, Yari tasks aspirants
Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has urged contestants for the forthcoming local government area elections in the state to be of good conduct before and during the election in order to achieve the desired goals.
Borno Central Senate seat: Saraki swears in APC’s Baba Kaka Garbai
ABUJA—SENATE President, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, swore in Alhaji Baba Kaka Garbai as a senator representing Borno Central senatorial zone.
Nigeria’s blood-sucking elite
NIGERIA’S political elite is a conclave of vampires. They survive on the blood of their innocent victims, in this instance the blood of struggling Nigerians who have nobody but God to protect them.
Senators shelve vacation as Buhari presents 2016 Budget, Tuesday
ABUJA— PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will next Tuesday formally present the 2016 budget to the National Assembly for subsequent scrutiny and approval.
Okolugbo faults presidential aide on A-Ibom gov
A statement credited to Senator Ita Enang that Mr. Udom Emmanuel was no longer the constitutional governor of Akwa Ibom State has been described as “highly irresponsible.”
Edo 2016 – APC: All trees, no ‘Iroko’
THERE is one prediction that is formidably incontestable: the APC is poised to win the 2016 governorship election in Edo state overwhelmingly. This projection is founded on the pristine truth that the PDP is now rapidly vegetating specie.
EFCC accuses Akpobolokemi of laundering N34.5bn
A day after he was re-arrested in front of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, slammed two separate charges on Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and others.
Obosi Crisis panel: I’m not a cultist, traditional ruler testifies
The traditional ruler of Obosi in Idemili Nort Local Government Area of Anambra State, HRH Igwe Chukwudubem 111 of Obosi, has told the Obosi Community Administrative Panel of Inquiry into the Obosi community crisis, sitting in Awka, the state capital that he was not a cultist, neither was he involved in cultism.
Demolition: Bayero family, Sanusi settle out of court
In a dramatic turn of events, a Kano Prince, Salim Bayero, who dragged the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, to court last week over plot by the emir to tamper with the structure of the centenary old palace has instructed his attorney to discontinue the case.
